[smc-discuss] Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] FSF India sends letter to Education Minister of Kerala

[Manu S Madhav]

Mr. Sasi,

I wasn't intenting to criticize the Govt, which has surely done wonderful
things to promote free software. I was merely remarking that the system is
not perfect, and that the IT policy should be followed in computerization of
all state departments.

Good things take time, especially when bureaucracy is involved. Hope Dr.
Nagarjuna's letter effects a change.

2008/7/9 V. Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf at gmail.com>:

>
> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 21:46 +0530, Manu S Madhav wrote:
> > Double standards are surely there when it comes to Kerala Govt's IT
> > policy. I recently noticed Windows being used at Registration
> > offices.. all the document scanning and database mgmt was being done
> > on M$.
>
> Let us not jump to criticize the government. After all, migrating all
> the machines and retraining the staff is not a joke. It is bound to take
> time before all offices start using Free Software. I would say, "Let us
> be happy that the government of Kerala is the first state government to
> boot out M$ and decide to make GNU/Linux its preferred OS, and let us
> give them some time to get the work done." The opposition from the
> bureaucracy is imaginable--another hurdle they have to overcome. And let
> us not be over-critical and help the proprietary crowd.
>
> Best
> --
> V. Sasi Kumar
> Free Software Foundation of India
> http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
>
>
> >
>


-- 
Manu S Madhav
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